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Genus: Balantidium. Species: B. coli. Binomial name. Balantidium coli. (Malmsten, 1857) Balantidium coli is a parasitic species of ciliate alveolates that causes the disease balantidiasis. [1] [2] It is the only member of the ciliate phylum known to be pathogenic to humans.
Balantidium coli is an intestinal protozoan parasite that causes the infection called balantidiasis. While this type of infection is uncommon in the United States, humans and other mammals can become infected with Balantidium coli by ingesting infective cysts from food and water that is contaminated by feces.
Oct 23, 2023 · Balantidium coli is the largest protozoan and the only ciliate parasite that infects humans . EPIDEMIOLOGY. Human balantidiasis occurs worldwide; it is most prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions, including Latin America, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and the Middle East.
May 11, 2009 · Balantidiasis is a rare infectious disease caused by the single celled (protozoan) parasite Balantidium coli. This parasite may be passed directly to humans by contact with pig feces or indirectly by drinking contaminated water.
Balantidium coli, a single-cell parasite usually infects pigs or camels but can, in rare cases, jump hosts and cause intestinal infection in humans. Direct contact with pigs is the usual transmission mode or even by drinking contaminated water, usually in tropical regions.
Balantidium coli is a large pathogenic ciliated protozoan that in rare instances infects humans and produces intestinal symptoms. B. coli has a worldwide distribution, and prevalence is highest in areas of poor hygiene and nutrition and where pigs and humans have close contact.
Balantidiasis (also known as balantidiosis) is defined as large-intestinal infection with Balantidium coli, which is a ciliated protozoan (and the largest protozoan that infects humans). B...
